Please make more videos about consistent illustration. Especially how to add multiple characters and fill the scene with background characters etc. Its really interesting.
I am a subscriber. Your series is the best on RUclips I've seen on this topic, which for many of us is critical to production development. Well done sir.
Chris… I just published my first children’s book because of you! THANK YOU. I spent hours watching and implementing what you were teaching. Just saw your course and as soon as I have some bucks this week, I’m all in. Thank you!
12:53 I love that Midjourney added the option to change the aspect ratio, but it would be helpful if we could use our own custom backgrounds (based on reference images that we provide), and place our characters within those custom backgrounds. For projects where we need a lot of control over the scene that we create, it’s important to not only have custom characters, but also custom backgrounds, and maintain consistency of these elements. When combining our characters with a background, we may want to show the scene from different camera angles, and change things like the lighting conditions (or weather conditions), but it should still maintain the same consistent look even when these changes are made.
Your content is phenomenal. I love exploring the mysterious world of Midjourney with you. I'm glad I purchased your Master of Midjourney course. Keep going!
I just purchased your course and I must say bro you are INSANE the work you have put in is seriously the best I have seen in a while appreciate you thank you for your efforts!!!
Really good video. I was able to create consistent characters using Vary Strong by using an image prompt of the original image and then weighting it by say 0.25 in the remix. I wrote up a Medium Post about it: "Generating Consistent Characters in Midjourney v5.2".
15:35 I’m very interested in combining multiple characters together in a scene, since this is usually important for creating a full scene. But I don’t want to add the same character twice in a scene because there’s usually no point in doing that. Instead of adding a random male character to the scene like you did earlier in the video, would you be able to add a custom male character instead? I’d like to know if it’s currently possible to add multiple of my custom characters into a scene. Also, I want to be able to create interactive poses with my characters. Instead of my characters being placed in different areas of the image, I may want them closely interacting with each other. Some examples where the characters might need to closely interact is if they’re engaging in combat sports like wrestling or martial arts, or if the characters are hugging each other (or if they’re holding hands). This is something I’m hoping will be possible soon, because it would be really helpful in creating scenes for comics and graphic novels.
For the shoulder strap problem or clothing etc. I've been editing the head references in Photoshop... Photoshop all of them with the same shirt, jacket, color, etc... then upload them to Midjourney for reference.
The reintroducing the character is cool can crop and then use canva as welll and crop thr characters and making scneses alone and place but yes its unreal the control and ability we have w prompts and consistency as well as quality is mind blowing
Thanks for making this Christian. I have a question please. When using "pan" feature, is the entered prompt only applying to the newly created pan area, or the new area + the original area? I asked this because you didn't mention the girl at 11:30 in the prompt when using panning. I hope you understand what I'm asking. Thanks for creating this tutorial.
Wondering if your methods would work on objects rather than characters. I am trying to created multiple views of non-characters to use in camera shots for A.I. video. Would love to know more! Thanks.
i have a question, if we use ref like that with white background, most of the results will return us white background too, how can we fix that? i tried remix with ref removed, still getting back the white bg
You need to use "Vary (Strong)" and you obviously need to replace "white background" with some sort of environment. If you're using Remix with low variation mode activated, then it obviously won't work because that's an entirely different type of Remixing. I'm pretty sure I show these steps with quite a bit of detail 😉
I'm wondering whether there is a workflow using character sheets. I've played around with generating comic character sheets, e.g. 4x4 grid of the same character with different expressions or varying by some other feature. I find that the items in the grid are reasonably consistent. The shame is that you can't start with a single item from the grid and outpaint from that (easily anyway).
twitching my brain in MJ i had an idea for your next video if you can crack the code to do this, i couldnt, i tried to get the same image made in daylight "it was a website background, so i thought would be cool to sticth the image when toggles dark-mode" the idea i reemagine the same image but in night time. i let the chalenge here :D
Midjourney's inpainting is messed up and doesn't do what it should in at least 30% of the time. It does certain things really well and completely fails at many others. It needs a lot of work, to be honest. But yes, face swapping is something it's relatively good at.
I don't understand how to add multiple image references in the same prompt. Your example shows 8 image references, and then a prompt. How do you do that??
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "small". If you mean the shortened URL, those are created by Midjourney itself, once you've entered a command that contains an image prompt.
Using red hair is a common cheat for "consistent" characters. Because there are fewer redhead face examples that Midjourney has sampled, and the hair distracts the mind from facial differences. I challenge anyone to create a consistent character that isn't a red haired woman. Or a pirate with an eyepatch, which is impossible! Try to create just one image of a pirate with an eyepatch!
Is there any way to reference a scene instead of a character? --sref just copies the style. What if i want variations of the same scenery? Like my house for example, same house but maybe it looks older.
Okay, I give up! Great content but I've watched a dozen tutorials including yours on how to change the expressions and still create consistency and my efforts have all ended in tragedy. What am I doing wrong?
@@TokenizedAI I am acquainted with one of the devs who created the technology. I have made a video tutorial on it. It has some limitations but works on realistic photos as well as anime style / cartoon characters. If you see the tutorial you will get how it works and why it works and it's basically the only way to get very accurate results in different scenes.
I say this with the deepest respect and only wanting to help you. In the beginning of the video, you show Carla in poses and pictures, but those do not happen later in the video. This is confusing for me. I was expecting to see Carla in a tavern playing a guitar being produced by a prompt.
The video would have ended up being 45 minutes long if I showed every single example. Many wouldn't watch the video then. The approach is always the same. The only thing that changes is the image that you want to create. Start with the head, pan the body (and choose an activity/pose if you must), custom zoom out a bit, pan the environment, custom zoom out the full scene. No need to repeat the same thing multiple times.
Good day. I wish you would put your 'christian heidorn midjourney' course on the udemy platform so that we can buy it from there. In countries like ours, 200 dollars is a huge amount for us. It is way beyond our purchasing power. We would be grateful if there was a discounted version for us. We would also like to benefit from the experience and knowledge of artist mentors like you. Best regards.
Please make more videos about consistent illustration. Especially how to add multiple characters and fill the scene with background characters etc. Its really interesting.
I am a subscriber. Your series is the best on RUclips I've seen on this topic, which for many of us is critical to production development. Well done sir.
I really appreciate your comment. Thank you 🙂
Yay! Carla is back! I love her, please continue this series further 😊
Your videos are really stand out from the rest. You are responsible for what you say. Awesome!
Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏻
Videos about consistent custom characters & building scenes are always appreciated.
Awesome. The recap at the end was also helpful, thanks :)
Chris… I just published my first children’s book because of you! THANK YOU. I spent hours watching and implementing what you were teaching. Just saw your course and as soon as I have some bucks this week, I’m all in. Thank you!
That's fantastic news! 😁 Love to hear stories like this. I know you guys are out there, I just rarely get to see the stuff you make.
12:53 I love that Midjourney added the option to change the aspect ratio, but it would be helpful if we could use our own custom backgrounds (based on reference images that we provide), and place our characters within those custom backgrounds. For projects where we need a lot of control over the scene that we create, it’s important to not only have custom characters, but also custom backgrounds, and maintain consistency of these elements. When combining our characters with a background, we may want to show the scene from different camera angles, and change things like the lighting conditions (or weather conditions), but it should still maintain the same consistent look even when these changes are made.
Fabulous, Chris, just fabulous. You have a way of knitting out the best of what Midjourney can and cannot do. Thank you for your generosity!
You are so welcome! 😊
Your content is phenomenal. I love exploring the mysterious world of Midjourney with you. I'm glad I purchased your Master of Midjourney course. Keep going!
Ah. You continue to help my skills grow. Thank you so much. Keep rockin' it.
Thanks, will do! 🙂
Another great video. Thank you, Christian.
Videos are excellent man, one of the few that really provides detailed repeatable steps/templates!
I appreciate that! 😊
This is filled with information that I did not know. Much appreciated. This is going to up my game so much!!!!
Great to hear 😁
As always, another great video. Thanks for sharing.
You bet
Top notch!!! Ultra clear and organized.
Much appreciated!
Definitely awesomeness for the detailed instructions 🙌🏽. Thank you for sharing this.
You are so welcome!
You are amazing! Thank you so much for your hard work! ❤️ btw, appreciated the biographical video a lot 🙌
Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗
This is so amazing! Thank you very much Christian!
My pleasure
Really smart! Saves me years of lifetime👏👏👏 so remix is the key feature in this workflow.
Thanks! And I also think this only scratches the surface 🙂
I just purchased your course and I must say bro you are INSANE the work you have put in is seriously the best I have seen in a while appreciate you thank you for your efforts!!!
Thank you so much. That was always my plan. Over-deliver on the promise 🙂 Was a ton of work though too 😆
Always the best. Thank you very much 🙏
So nice of you
Good stuff, thank you for all of this info!
You bet!
Awesome series brotha 🎉
🕺🦾
Carla is back baby!
🦾💃
Really good video. I was able to create consistent characters using Vary Strong by using an image prompt of the original image and then weighting it by say 0.25 in the remix. I wrote up a Medium Post about it: "Generating Consistent Characters in Midjourney v5.2".
The new Vary-Strong in combination with Remix is indeed quite a game changer.
Overall really great video thanks
15:35 I’m very interested in combining multiple characters together in a scene, since this is usually important for creating a full scene. But I don’t want to add the same character twice in a scene because there’s usually no point in doing that. Instead of adding a random male character to the scene like you did earlier in the video, would you be able to add a custom male character instead? I’d like to know if it’s currently possible to add multiple of my custom characters into a scene.
Also, I want to be able to create interactive poses with my characters. Instead of my characters being placed in different areas of the image, I may want them closely interacting with each other. Some examples where the characters might need to closely interact is if they’re engaging in combat sports like wrestling or martial arts, or if the characters are hugging each other (or if they’re holding hands). This is something I’m hoping will be possible soon, because it would be really helpful in creating scenes for comics and graphic novels.
For the shoulder strap problem or clothing etc. I've been editing the head references in Photoshop... Photoshop all of them with the same shirt, jacket, color, etc... then upload them to Midjourney for reference.
Yeah, you can do that. But in this case I specifically wanted to reuse the references from the previous video, without any changes.
@@TokenizedAI Understood, keep up the great vids! 👍
have you tried using the --no shoulder straps parameter
Exactly yup
And can use a remove prompt I think too
Nicely done! Thank you. 👍
Thank you!
Thank you :)
You're welcome!
incredible stuff.
The reintroducing the character is cool can crop and then use canva as welll and crop thr characters and making scneses alone and place but yes its unreal the control and ability we have w prompts and consistency as well as quality is mind blowing
Thanks for the information it truly helps: I’m Corey nice to meet you
Nice to meet you too, Corey 🙂
I will men I will . Y really killing it 🎉
amazing tutorial but i have created my character by hand, is there any way to create consistence poses with that?
Tricky with an external image
@@TokenizedAI if possible, is there a way to make a similar character like 90% close to the original?
Thanks for making this Christian. I have a question please.
When using "pan" feature, is the entered prompt only applying to the newly created pan area, or the new area + the original area?
I asked this because you didn't mention the girl at 11:30 in the prompt when using panning. I hope you understand what I'm asking.
Thanks for creating this tutorial.
Technically, with pan you should only be entering what's in the new area. But sometimes it also works with the original prompt.
@@TokenizedAI I see, thanks for your reply Christian.
Hi, Could you tell me what I would get from purchasing your course versus just watching your series of youtube videos? Thanks
The landing page is pretty clear on this.
Thank you!!!❤❤❤❤🎉🫂
😁
Very cool. I’m the beginning, where are you getting the links for the reference images? The discord links are super long normally
Wondering if your methods would work on objects rather than characters. I am trying to created multiple views of non-characters to use in camera shots for A.I. video. Would love to know more! Thanks.
Largely depends on how uniquely distinguishable the object is and whether you have a base prompt that reliably produces similar images.
19:14 It will be great when Midjourney finally decides to introduce inpainting 😊
Soon
@@TokenizedAI Hopefully :)
They'll need to. Adobe is becoming more of monster (in a good way) than ever before. Definitely want to see Midjourney reach greater heights.
Yes, these new features open up another level/compartment of pandora’s box. And this is only the tip of the iceberg: V6 and beyond…….
i have a question, if we use ref like that with white background, most of the results will return us white background too, how can we fix that? i tried remix with ref removed, still getting back the white bg
You need to use "Vary (Strong)" and you obviously need to replace "white background" with some sort of environment.
If you're using Remix with low variation mode activated, then it obviously won't work because that's an entirely different type of Remixing. I'm pretty sure I show these steps with quite a bit of detail 😉
I'm wondering whether there is a workflow using character sheets. I've played around with generating comic character sheets, e.g. 4x4 grid of the same character with different expressions or varying by some other feature. I find that the items in the grid are reasonably consistent. The shame is that you can't start with a single item from the grid and outpaint from that (easily anyway).
Yeah, like a "crop" feature that you can then expand again. That would be cool.
@TokenizedAI Exactly. It would be easy to express in a prompt too, e.g. --crop top%,left%,width%,height%.
I am all ears!
twitching my brain in MJ i had an idea for your next video if you can crack the code to do this, i couldnt, i tried to get the same image made in daylight "it was a website background, so i thought would be cool to sticth the image when toggles dark-mode" the idea i reemagine the same image but in night time. i let the chalenge here :D
Oh boy, I think that would be pretty tough to be honest
where can i get a book of the midjourney language to program
Amazon?
Have you meanwhile tried vary custom feature to get two or more Consistent Characters?
I think you mean Vary Region?
@@TokenizedAI Yes, correct. Any Success?
Midjourney's inpainting is messed up and doesn't do what it should in at least 30% of the time. It does certain things really well and completely fails at many others. It needs a lot of work, to be honest. But yes, face swapping is something it's relatively good at.
I don't understand how to add multiple image references in the same prompt. Your example shows 8 image references, and then a prompt. How do you do that??
Just put them next to eachother and leave a space.
/imagine
Hello. Will this work not with people, but with animals, aliens, monsters? cartoon characters
Why wouldn't it? Only one way to find out :)
Also, how are your image references so small? Mine are enormous.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "small". If you mean the shortened URL, those are created by Midjourney itself, once you've entered a command that contains an image prompt.
How to do the same in Stable diffusion?
Outpainting, I guess?
Be interesting to see what would happen if one tried to duplicate your process, except using the current beta of the web version of Adobe Firefly
Use this incomvination with lasso and cutting and pasting characters in photoshop as well as photoshop's generative fill.
Probably would be similar, except that the image quality might not be as good as MJ.
@@TokenizedAI agreed
how do you get that "copy prompt" button?
Search for the chrome extension "Promptalot Helper".
Using red hair is a common cheat for "consistent" characters. Because there are fewer redhead face examples that Midjourney has sampled, and the hair distracts the mind from facial differences. I challenge anyone to create a consistent character that isn't a red haired woman. Or a pirate with an eyepatch, which is impossible! Try to create just one image of a pirate with an eyepatch!
Looking for the hair in the soup.
The eyepatch issue also has nothing to do with consistency. That's a coherence problem.
Is there any way to reference a scene instead of a character? --sref just copies the style. What if i want variations of the same scenery? Like my house for example, same house but maybe it looks older.
And if the straps annoy anyone can remove in other programs
True. But many people struggle with this.
If I want to put a second character i've createdin midjourney next to the first - how do I do that?
Okay, I give up! Great content but I've watched a dozen tutorials including yours on how to change the expressions and still create consistency and my efforts have all ended in tragedy. What am I doing wrong?
When I clicked pan to, the image is automatically panned without allowing me to edit. I can't add modification to the prompt. Help
That's because you didn't activate Remix Mode.
Face swap discord bot from insight face is a simple solution for consistent characters. Appreciate your hard work on the videos though.
from the midjourney channel?
@@batidavital another dc bot, could work with midjourney images)
Yeah, I see that more as complementary. Specifically for those who are incredibly picky about facial details.
@@TokenizedAI I am acquainted with one of the devs who created the technology. I have made a video tutorial on it. It has some limitations but works on realistic photos as well as anime style / cartoon characters. If you see the tutorial you will get how it works and why it works and it's basically the only way to get very accurate results in different scenes.
I say this with the deepest respect and only wanting to help you. In the beginning of the video, you show Carla in poses and pictures, but those do not happen later in the video. This is confusing for me. I was expecting to see Carla in a tavern playing a guitar being produced by a prompt.
The video would have ended up being 45 minutes long if I showed every single example. Many wouldn't watch the video then.
The approach is always the same. The only thing that changes is the image that you want to create.
Start with the head, pan the body (and choose an activity/pose if you must), custom zoom out a bit, pan the environment, custom zoom out the full scene.
No need to repeat the same thing multiple times.
Good day. I wish you would put your 'christian heidorn midjourney' course on the udemy platform so that we can buy it from there. In countries like ours, 200 dollars is a huge amount for us. It is way beyond our purchasing power. We would be grateful if there was a discounted version for us. We would also like to benefit from the experience and knowledge of artist mentors like you. Best regards.
Maybe the word European is illiciting the shoulder straps. Think Lederhosen.
lol, I never thought of it that way but I think you might be on to something 😆
WAY TOO fast! Confusing.
To fast, talking too fast. Very confusing. Makes me feel like giving up
Thanks Chris! This is so helpful!
My pleasure!